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noun
1.
capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
2.
manifestation of a high mental capacity: He writes with intelligence and wit.
3.
the faculty of understanding.
4.
knowledge of an event, circumstance, etc., received or imparted; news; information.
5.
EXPANDthe gathering or distribution of information, especially secret information.
6.
Government.
a.
information about an enemy or a potential enemy.
b.
the evaluated conclusions drawn from such information.
c.
an organization or agency engaged in gathering such information: military intelligence; naval intelligence.
7.
interchange of information: They have been maintaining intelligence with foreign agents for years.
8.
Christian Science. a fundamental attribute of God, or infinite Mind.
9.
COLLAPSE(often initial capital letter
) an intelligent being or spirit, especially an incorporeal one, as an angel.
) an intelligent being or spirit, especially an incorporeal one, as an angel.Related forms
hy·per·in·tel·li·gence, noun
non·in·tel·li·gence, noun
pre·in·tel·li·gence, noun
su·per·in·tel·li·gence, noun
Antonyms
2. stupidity.
2. stupidity.
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Word Origin & History
intelligence
late 14c., "faculty of understanding," from O.Fr. intelligence (12c.), from L. intelligentia "understanding," from intelligentem (nom. intelligens) "discerning," prp. of intelligere "to understand, comprehend," from inter- "between" + legere "choose, pick out, read" (see
EXPAND lecture). Meaning superior understanding, sagacity" is from early 15c. Sense of "information, news" first recorded mid-15c., especially "secret information from spies" (1580s). Intelligence quotient first recorded 1922 (see I.Q.).
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intelligence in·tel·li·gence (ĭn-těl'ə-jəns)
n.
The capacity to acquire and apply knowledge, especially toward a purposeful goal.
An individual's relative standing on two quantitative indices, namely measured intelligence, as expressed by an intelligence quotient, and effectiveness of adaptive behavior.
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